The Gensler designed Baroue children's department store in Kuwait; clothing store Fornarina in London, designed by Giorgio Borruso Design; food stores, Fresh & Easy Neighbourhood Market in the US and John Lewis Foodhall from Waitrose in London; designer homeware store Normann Copenhagen in Denmark and beauty product store VaVaVoom from M.H.Alshaya Co in the Middle East have all been shortlisted for the award by an expert panel.
The shortlisted candidates will now be reviewed at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona (9-11 April) by a Grand Jury comprising many of the world's most respected retailers and retail industry experts. The overall winner will subsequently be announced at a gala dinner held during the event at the MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya).
Developing new formats that capture the customer's business and their imagination is at the very heart of retail. In selecting the six finalists for the Fawaz Alkohair-sponsored category, the panel looked for new formats from retailers, both new and established, that broke new ground in terms of their development and subsequent commercial success.
The World Retail Awards Grand Jury includes representatives from a wide range of retailer sectors around the World, such as Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Tesco; Bernie Brookes, Myer; Duncan Angove, Oracle Retail; Paul R Charron, Liz Claiborne; Rick Darling, Li & Fung USA; Ravi Dahr, Yale Center for Customer Insights; Wu Jianzhong, Wumart Group; Dr Lev Khasis, X5 Retail Group; Richard Simonin, Etam; Simon Susman, Woolworths; Marty Wikstrom, Atelier Management LLC; David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute; Bjarne Mumm, Åhléns Group AB; Philippe Giard, ParknShop.
Building on the enormous impact of the accolades presented in 2007, the awards promise to become one of the most significant dates in the global retail calendar, and are designed to highlight and reward excellence across the key areas of retail skills and operations. In addition to Innovative Format of the Year, awards will be presented in the following eight categories:
· Emerging Market Retailer of the Year
· Retail Destination of the Year
· Marketing Campaign of the Year, sponsored by Fujitsu
· Responsible Retailer of the Year
· Employer of the Year[1]
· E-tailer of the Year[1]
· Multi Market Retailer of the Year, sponsored by SAS
· Retailer of the Year, sponsored by Oracle
The World Retail Congress will take place 9 - 11 April 2008 at the CCIB International Conference Centre in Barcelona, and is organised by Emap Communications. The World Retail Awards are organised by Emap in association with Oracle.
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Six ground-breaking retail formats from across the Globe have been unveiled as the shortlisted candidates for the prestigious Innovative Format of the Year accolade at the World Retail Awards 2008.
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1. WORLD RETAIL AWARDS FINALISTS:
Emerging market retailer of the year: Giordano International, Hong Kong; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, India; Koton Retail and Textile Inc, Turkey; O Boticário, Brazil; Shopper's Stop, India; X5 Retail Group, Russian Federation
Employer of the year: ASDA Stores; Boots; JCPenney; Maxeda; Recreational Equipment Inc (REI); The Warehouse Group
Innovative format of the year, Sponsored by Fawaz Alhokair: Baroue, Kuwait designed by Gensler; Fornarina, London designed by Giorgio Borruso Design; Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, US; John Lewis Foodhall from Waitrose, London; Normann Copenhagen; VaVaVoom from M.H. Alshaya Co designed by Zebra Design
Marketing campaign of the year, sponsored by Fujitsu: Boots, 'Get Beach Gorgeous Seven Step Plan'; JCPenney, 'Every Day Matters'; Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, 'Lots of Ways'; OfficeMax, 'ElfYourself Holiday'; Saks Fifth Avenue, 'Want it!'; Target Corporation, 'Style for Less'
E-tailer of the year: Argos; Littlewoods Shop Direct Group; Livraria Cultura S.A; PhotoBox; Tesco Group; vente-privee.com
Responsible retailer of the year: C&A Europe; Carrefour Group; Sainsbury's; Tesco; The Warehouse Group; Woolworths SA
Retail destination of the year: Evropeyskiy, Moscow, Russia; Illum, Copenhagen, Denmark; Kanyon, Istanbul, Turkey; Manufaktura, £ódŸ, Poland; Selfridges, London, UK; Z³ote Tarasy, Warsaw, Poland
Multi market retailer of the year, sponsored by SAS: Shortlist to be announced in February 2007
Retailer of the year, sponsored by Oracle: Shortlist to be announced in February 2007
2. WORLD RETAIL CONGRESS:
Created in direct response to the demands of retailers, and supported by major international players including Tesco, Carrefour, Ikea, Alshaya, and Best Buy, the World Retail Congress will again bring together the world's retail leaders for high-level debate with international policy makers.
The aim is to drive growth in the global retail economy, promote the benefits of global retail excellence and gain sustainable, competitive edge in domestic and international markets. With thousands of key retail professionals and politicians expected to attend, the focus will be on discussing and influencing the issues for change.
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